Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

With Li Yuanfang's blueprints for making the chain knife, Zhou Yi quickly sent them to the Imperial Household Department.

With the emperor's order in hand, the officials of the Imperial Household Department dared not neglect their duties.

Palace personnel delivered materials such as black iron to this location.

The people from the Imperial Household Department hurriedly began making chain knives.

Zhou Yi dared not linger at the Di residence.

He seized the time to hone his martial arts skills.

With Li Yuanfang, a top expert, around, Zhou Yi was frequently given pointers.

His swordsmanship improved rapidly.

With the added advantage of his cheat ability, his internal energy cultivation also increased day by day.

He also learned various techniques for using internal energy from Li Yuanfang.

For example, in the second part, when facing the fake Li Kaigu, he used his internal energy to absorb the Shadowless Needle into his palm without harming himself in the slightest.

These tips may be small, but they are very practical.

Occasionally, Zhou Yi would follow Di Renjie to learn medicine.

Or they could hone their medical skills by treating people for free.

It can be said that the progress in all aspects of the I Ching has achieved satisfactory results.

After the mission case concluded, Di Renjie didn't encounter any major incidents for several months.

Zhou Yi was thus able to study various aspects of knowledge with peace of mind.

With a cheat code, Zhouyi wants to learn anything that's useful to him.

Of course, the most important things are martial arts and medical skills.

They stayed in Chang'an, the capital, for more than three months.

Until this day.

After more than three months, the weapons that the Imperial Household Department had made for the two of them were completed.

Inside the Di Mansion.

"Brother Yuanfang, Brother Yuanfang."

Upon returning to his residence that day, Zhou Yi couldn't wait to shout loudly.

"Brother Di, what's wrong? What happened?" Hearing Zhou Yi's urgent call, Li Yuanfang, who was inside the house, rushed over.

"Whoosh"

Two whistling sounds of clothes tearing through the air rang out as Li Yuanfang flipped in mid-air and used his lightness skill to fly out.

It landed on the ground in the front yard.

Zhou Yi beamed with joy: "Brother Yuanfang, come and take a look at your weapon."

"Oh?" After landing, Li Yuanfang immediately noticed the two chain knives in Zhou Yi's hand.

Upon seeing the chain knife, Li Yuanfang reacted like a gourmet encountering a delicacy.

His eyes lit up, and he quickly walked up to Zhou Yi, carefully examining the brand-new chain knife.

"The weapon was completed yesterday. Today, after I went to court with the lord, the people from the Imperial Household Department notified me to pick up the knife."

Both knives were made of black iron.

"Here..." Zhou Yi handed one of the chain knives to Li Yuanfang.

"Thank you very much, Brother Di." Li Yuanfang accepted the chain knife with a joyful expression, his face beaming with happiness.

At this moment, each of them had a chain knife in their hand.

"Haha, Yuanfang, Di Chun." Just then, Di Renjie returned from outside the mansion.

"grown ups."

Di Renjie smiled and said, "After Di Chun obtained the weapon, he couldn't wait to return to the manor to share it with you."

How was it?

"My lord, we haven't tried it yet, but the Imperial Household Department is where our Great Zhou manufactures weapons, and it uses the best materials, so I'm sure it won't be bad."

Gripping the knife tightly in his hand, Li Yuanfang was eager to try.

"Then go and give it a try!"

Di Renjie stroked his beard, already noticing the urgency in Li Yuanfang and Zhou Yi's eyes.

"Alright, Brother Di, let's give it a try."

After saying that, the two went back to their rooms and changed into their own outfits.

The group then arrived at a relatively open area within the mansion.

Since Li Yuanfang came to the Di family mansion, Zhou Yi followed him to learn martial arts. Di Renjie specially set aside a space in the mansion for the two of them to practice martial arts.

First up was Li Yuanfang, wielding a chain knife. Before he even displayed his stance, the blade, forged from black iron, already gleamed coldly in the light, clearly indicating it was no ordinary weapon.

The blade forged from black iron is thicker and heavier than that forged from fine steel.

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing sound rang out, and a blade of wind heavier than a regular steel knife tore through the air.

Accompanied by scattered whistles of wind.

Before the echo had faded, Li Yuanfang's hands flew, the chain knife in his hand, slashing and hacking.

Various movements were performed in sequence, producing a series of whooshing sounds as they went through the air.

Then, their steps shifted, their figures flashed away like shadows, and the chain knife formed a black rainbow as they moved.

Chop, stab, flick, entwine... each move follows the next.

The crowd stood around, holding their breath as they watched Li Yuanfang demonstrate his martial arts skills using his brand-new chain sword.

Suddenly, he let out a low shout, swung his right arm violently, and the blade flew more than three zhang away, carrying a thin iron chain with it, like an arrow released from a bow.

The thin iron chain was this long; for example, when fighting the demon, the thin iron chain was passed directly from the courtyard to the Buddha statue in the small temple.

Don't ask where the thin iron chain is hidden.

With a bang, the blade struck an iron target precisely, and the powerful force transmitted to the target, shattering it into pieces.

Press the mechanism on your hand, and with a whoosh, the blade springs back.

With another bang, the thin iron chain retracted, and the blade and handle merged back into one.

The blade trembled slightly.

Li Yuanfang looked at the black iron chain knife in his hand with satisfaction.

"My lord, Brother Di? As expected of the supervisor of the Imperial Household Department, you have used the best materials."

This black iron chain knife is much better than my previous light steel willow leaf knife.

I'm confident that with this sword in hand, my strength will increase by at least 20%.

Holding up two fingers, Li Yuanfang looked at the weapon in his hand with obvious affection, clearly very satisfied.

"Haha, not bad, not bad."

"It seems you are quite satisfied with the making of this knife." Di Renjie smiled slightly.

"It is indeed excellent; after all, it was made by the best craftsmen in the imperial court."

"Brother Di, why don't you give it a try?" Li Yuanfang looked at Zhou Yi.

"Okay." Zhou Yi was also a little impatient.

Under Li Yuanfang's guidance, his martial arts skills have improved by leaps and bounds over the past three months.

This is completely different from the case in Youzhou.

Although he is still no match for top masters like Li Yuanfang.

But they've already managed to hold their own against some second- or third-rate figures.

Even Li Yuanfang was somewhat amazed by the speed at which the I Ching had progressed.

He is twenty-three years old now.

He started practicing martial arts at the age of seven. After completing his apprenticeship, he served in Liangzhou, where he honed his martial arts skills on the battlefield.

It has been sixteen years since then.

That's how I've cultivated my martial arts skills to this level.

He was already considered a genius. Hu Jinghui was forty-five years old, and their martial arts skills were about the same at this time.

But Hu Jinghui is more than twenty years older than him.

As for the current Prince Ying, Yuan Qi, Xu Jingye's rebellion occurred ten years ago. He was granted the title of Prince Ying because he helped the emperor quell Xu Jingye's rebellion ten years ago.

If he was able to help the emperor at that time, he must have been at least twenty to twenty-five years old, right?

The capsizing of the boats in the Han Canal occurred when Li Yuanfang was thirty-two years old, which was nine years later.

Yuan Qi is probably around forty-five years old.

A comparison of their ages reveals just how genius Li Yuanfang was.

But this genius discovered someone who seemed to be an even greater genius.